To use or not to use? Social media in higher education in developing countries

Sobaih, Abu Elnasr E.; Moustafa, Mohamed A.; Ghandforoush, Parvis; Khan, Mahmood Hasan

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2016.01.002

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“…In education, social messenger can be used by the teacher to communicate and engage the students that enrolled in their course [16]. The communication between students and their teacher enhance interaction and increase students motivation through the course [14].…”

Section: Communicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The examples of files and contents that transferred between them are pictures, videos, voices, news, lecturers materials, study related matters [9][11] [17][14] [16]. From the review of the articles, the activities of file and content sharing among social messenger"s users were triggered from entertainment purpose [16], health purpose [11], and educational purpose [5]Kaya & Bicen, 2016).…”

Section: File/content Sharingmentioning

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Using Social Messenger in Knowledge Sharing Practice: A Literature Review

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Using Social Messenger in Knowledge Sharing Practice: A Literature Review

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“…Social control and interactions with peers in the proposed model can also increase motivation of students and self-awareness and stimulates study-activities. Hence, many research have supported the importance of social media on teaching and learning in higher education (Sobaih, Moustafa, Ghandforoush, & Khan, 2016).…”

Section: Online and Mobile Learning With Social Mediamentioning

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Analysis of Social Media Influencers and Trends on Online and Mobile Learning

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2017

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Although educational practitioners have adopted social media to their online or mobile communities, little attention has been paid to investigate the social media messages related to online or mobile learning. The purpose of this research is to identify social media influencers and trends by mining Twitter posts related to online learning and mobile learning. We identified the influencers on Twitter by three different measures: the number of tweets posted by each user, the number of mentions by other users for each user, and the number of retweets for each user. We also analyzed the trends of online learning and mobile learning by the following perspectives: the descriptive statistics of the related tweets, the monthly and hourly line charts of the related tweets, the descriptive statistics of the related retweets, the volume trends of the most retweeted tweets, and the top 10 hashtags of the related tweets. The results of this study can provide educational practitioners different ways of understanding and explaining the public opinions toward online learning and mobile learning.

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“…For example, the development of the Web 2.0 technology has allowed easier interaction and collaboration between students especially during the discussion process in order to find a solution to a certain problem (Treepuech, 2011;Sobaih et al, 2016). Social media (like Facebook), one of Web 2.0's most important technologies, has potential to facilitate the implementation of problem-based learning process (Wiboolyasarin, 2014).…”

Section: Blended Learning Model Through Social Media Using Problem-bamentioning

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“…The tendency and frequency of Facebook usage among students has led the educators and researchers to study the suitability and effectiveness in using the social media platform in education (Tess, 2013). However, an empirical study on the effectiveness of social media usage in education is still in its infancy and has not been fully developed (Çevik, 2014;Sobaih et al, 2016). Social media like Facebook can be considered as part of education's interactive media as it allows interaction, exchange of opinion and feedback, and fits the learning criteria in the context of social learning (Kabilan et al, 2010;Manca and Ranieri, 2013;Sobaih et al, 2016).…”

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The Effectiveness of the Chemistry Problem Based Learning (PBL) via FB among Pre-University Students

Sunar

Shaari

2017

Journal of Education and e-Learning Research

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The impact of social media, such as Facebook in various fields including education is undeniable. The main objective of this study is to examine the effect of the interaction between students' learning styles and learning approaches on their achievements in the chemistry subject using the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) method through Facebook. The sample of this study consisted of 120 MARA College students, who were randomly selected to undergo PBL treatment via Facebook for nine weeks. This quantitative study used the 4×2 factorial experimental design. The main variables were the students' learning styles (visual, aural, reading-writing, and kinaesthetic) and learning approaches (surface learning and deep learning) as well as the interaction between both on their achievement in the final examination for chemistry subject. The two-Way ANOVA test results showed that the main effect of students' learning styles on their achievement in chemistry was significant across students' learning approach using PBL via Facebook. Furthermore, the Post-Hoc test had found that the mean for the reading-writing style of learning was significantly better than for other learning styles. Similarly, the main effect of learning approaches was also found to be significant across students' learning styles. It was found that the mean value for the deep learning approach was significantly higher than the mean value for the surface learning approach using the PBL method via Facebook. However, the effect of the interaction between these two independent variables (learning styles and learning approaches) on students' achievement was not significant.

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To use or not to use? Social media in higher education in developing countries

Cited by 270 publications

References 25 publications

Using Social Messenger in Knowledge Sharing Practice: A Literature Review

Using Social Messenger in Knowledge Sharing Practice: A Literature Review

Analysis of Social Media Influencers and Trends on Online and Mobile Learning

The Effectiveness of the Chemistry Problem Based Learning (PBL) via FB among Pre-University Students

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